Would you have paid monthly for FFXIV if it was released the way it is today?

[Lamentor]

The game would be completely different than it is now if it were released a bit over a year than it was released. For 1, the Darkhold wouldn't have lame gear that makes no sense due to Materia. Story gaps would have probably been fixed. Other certain things would have been added or removed.

Either way, they're building on the game for players currently playing, rather than people that are going to play. Edit* I'm referring to content when I say this. I know the overall revamp is for future players.

Maybe it's just me, but I feel the real question should have been "Would you guys pay for FFXIV if they had spent another year in development *cough* Takana *cough*"?

The game would be nothing like it is now. I doubt it would be as good. A sad truth is that I believe FFXIV HAD to fail in order to become a good game.

That said, if the game somehow ended up in this exact state at launch, I would pay for it. It also makes sense to not have jobs released at this point, as the first patch releases them. We just hit 50 for the first time, update comes out, we get to unlock jobs, discover new abilities. It would make sense.

[Krausus]

yes I would have

[darkstarpoet1]

Maybe it's just me, but I feel the real question should have been "Would you guys pay for FFXIV if they had spent another year in development *cough* Wada forced early release *cough*"?

fixed it for you

[Eugenics]

Would you have paid monthly for FFXIV if it was released the way it is today?
Just wondering.

NO
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[Lamentor]

I'm pretty sure I remember reading that Tanaka had full control of the release date. It was over a year ago that I read this, but I can probably dig up the link.

Edit* that doesn't even matter one bit though. What matters is, Tanaka being in charge still.

[DyskoFox]

Yes /10 bacon attribute

[Zanfire]

no, still too many simple things that make a game great that cant even be done now. The world is copy paste crap (that was a HUGE downpoint for people) no personal area, linkshell options are a joke, a market system that wasnt built to make you want to spend more money each month, still not much too much to do...ect

i would have waited a while and seen what it became, of course back when it launched i was drooling for this game after so many great years in FFXI, but it cant even touch that game at its 1 year point.

[Shaedhen]

This might seems strange but...
I would've paid back in january when i started to play (improvements since beta which i played a bit but not much due to computer config being a bit low) if it was required.

If the game was released the way it is today and i'd have to start from blank with no 2.0 incoming, i wouldn't. Well, i wouldn't buy the game in the first place. It changed but not for something better imo.

[darkstarpoet1]

I'm pretty sure I remember reading that Tanaka had full control of the release date. It was over a year ago that I read this, but I can probably dig up the link.

Edit* that doesn't even matter one bit though. What matters is, Tanaka being in charge still.

and that goes back to my original statement i enjoyed the game more on release than i do now. my favorite thing that was done since the game was released was the original 5 nm's that tanaka and his team released, in december i believe it was. that kept people busy for months. nothing that has been released since then has lasted over a few weeks before people had completed everything and had all the gear they wanted out of it.

[Tremain]

100% YES!!